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OSU mistakes aid Husker win MISTAKES from page 8 out,” McBride said. “They came out with some things they hadn’t done, and they sat around for two weeks and thought of that, and we adjusted to it very well. They didn’tjiave any_ yards passing. They tried to ram the^ ball against us, and it didn’t work.” The second half wasn’t much like the first, partially by design and par tially through what NU considered a poor effort. OSU outscored the Huskers 14-7 in the last 30 minutes and out-yarded them 228-129. It was a laborious end to a quick-moving first half, complete with numerous delays for officials’ conferences and television timeouts that zapped the juice out of the Husker defense, filled mostly with reserves. Still, that didn’t make the starters any happier about the overall defen sive performance. Nebraska allowed the most rushing yards and most points of the season. “I’m upset right now,” senior rover Mike Brown said. “I’m mad. I know our defense is better than that. I’m pretty disappointed in the way we played in the second. We’re going to have to look at tfie film and see where guys made some mistakes.” McBride already knows. Poor communication in the second half, coupled with the long delays “took away some ... momentum.” Not that any of it mattered after the first half, arguably Nebraska’s best half of football this season. All facets ran smoothly, especially the option game, which Crouch ran with precision. Often, Buckhalter and I back Dan Alexander were left uncov ered on the pitch. When they were, Crouch picked up yards inside. He led all NU rushers with 61 yards on 11 carries. “I didn’t get as many carries today because I pitched the ball quite a bit,” Crouch said. “The defenses are going to do that; they’re either going to take the quarterback or they’re going to take the I-back. If I have an opportunity to option the ball to the I-back, then get ting hit is what I need to do.” NU’s offensive diversity helped produce a career day for Wistrom, as he had four catches for 116 yards. Crouch completed seven of 13 passes for 145 yards and accounted for 206 total yards. Oklahoma State actually had more offensive plays than Nebraska and held the ball for more time. But the Cowboys did most of their dam age in the second half after a disas trous start. OSU was without quarter back Tony Lindsay for the game, but Coach Bob Simmons made no excus es. ) “During the first half,” Simmons said, “I really wasn’t pleased with the way we executed any of our game plan. First play: fumble. Special teams, blocked kick.” On the NU side, Solich said he’d take his team’s win, though the sec ond half raised questions going into next week’s game against Iowa State, which features a better offense. In a sense, it a was a near-perfect win; Nebraska played well but still made enough mistakes to prevent a false sense of security. “There were enough really good things there to make the guys feel good about themselves,” Solich said. “Yet on the other side of it there are errors and plays that jump out at you that we just need to do a better job with.” Navbc ^ is now m* ALLTEL „Internet Service. I (Now you pPpr" won’t have to g^f share your W e-mail address.) New name— same service. Plus a whole lot more. Now, with ALLTEL Internet, you’ll receive up to 5 personal mailboxes with your account so everyone can have their own e-mail address. And, ALLTEL Internet gives you up to 5MB of FREE personal web space. So you can create your own web page. Get 5 FREE Hours And if you’re a UNL student, faculty or staff member, we’ll give you 5 free hours of Internet access every month when you sign up for one of these plans: Low Usage Plan: Get 15 hours of online time for just $6.50 a month. 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